{"id":63983,"date":"2016-02-01T16:08:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T07:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=63983"},"modified":"2016-02-01T16:08:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T07:08:23","slug":"whisky-on-the-rocks-and-fire-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=63983","title":{"rendered":"Whisky on the Rocks and Fire in the House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5708.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5708\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63989\" \/><br \/>\nwow, it&#8217;s been a long time since i sat down and had a glass or two of fine whisky.  was really looking forward to this!  here is the Mr. Inaida-san collection.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5674.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5674\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63984\" \/><br \/>\nflying out of a country is always the time i take to reflect on things.  the flight over, and the flight back.  was it satisfying?  was it fun?  was it different?  was it memorable?  was it exciting?  a big YES to every thing.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5677.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5677\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63985\" \/><br \/>\nsplit up with Carter in tokyo.  glad he got back to hawaii safely.  i&#8217;m sure his mind is full of awesome memories.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5678.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5678\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63986\" \/><br \/>\nthen back in concrete jungle.  super cold!!!  coming from a third world country to japan is always interesting.  never gets boring.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5688.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5688\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63987\" \/><br \/>\nback to last night.  omg, have you ever taken a bite of something so good that you get chicken skin?  i had chicken skin with every single bite.  it was amazing!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5689.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5689\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63988\" \/><br \/>\nand to start off with this?  omg, the best of the best for sure.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5691.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5691\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63991\" \/><br \/>\nand the Ohma o-toro is my favorite.  it just melted in my mouth!  this is pure art.  this is  pure japan.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5693.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5693\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63993\" \/><br \/>\nthen it was time for the best whisky of the best.  Mayuki on the rocks!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5700-e1454282198389.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5700\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63994\" \/><br \/>\ni&#8217;m still learning about whisky.  i learned the different in taste.  i learned the difference in smokiness.  i learned the different in years aged.  and i learned that if you drink too much, you will have a massive hangover like how i do right now.  haha.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5709.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5709\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63990\" \/><br \/>\ni came back home and Inaida-san was getting the fire ready.  always perfect to sit in front of the fireplace and feel the warmth.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_5710.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5710\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-63992\" \/><br \/>\nthen Yuki-san made me a jack\/coke and that&#8217;s all i remember.  but i woke up with a big smile on my face so i know it was an awesome night!  thank you Inaida-san and Yuki-san always for your kindness.  and thank you always for making me feel very welcomed in tokyo.  see you again soon!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>wow, it&#8217;s been a long time since i sat down and had a glass or two of fine whisky. was really looking forward to this! here is the Mr. Inaida-san collection. flying out of a country is always the time i take to reflect on things. the flight over, and the flight back. was it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1315,1214,1316,1317,1041,1318,1319],"class_list":{"0":"post-63983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs","7":"tag-japan-food","8":"tag-mayuki","9":"tag-ohma-maguro","10":"tag-on-the-rocks","11":"tag-sushi","12":"tag-tokyo-food","13":"tag-whisky"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}